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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2410">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
type - write a description of command type
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2411">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
<pre><code>

type <i>name</i>...
</code>
</pre>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2412">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>type</i>
utility indicates how each argument would be interpreted
if used as a command name.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2413">&nbsp;</a>OPTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2414">&nbsp;</a>OPERANDS</h4><blockquote>
The following operand is supported:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>name</i><dd>A name to be interpreted.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2415">&nbsp;</a>STDIN</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2416">&nbsp;</a>INPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2417">&nbsp;</a>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h4><blockquote>
The following environment variables affect the execution of
<i>type</i>:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>LANG</i><dd>Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables
that are unset or null.
If
<i>LANG</i>
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-dependent default locale will be used.
If any of the internationalisation variables contains an invalid setting, the
utility will behave as if none of the variables had been defined.

<dt><i>LC_ALL</i><dd>
If set to a non-empty string value,
override the values of all the other internationalisation variables.

<dt><i>LC_CTYPE</i><dd>
Determine the
locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as
characters (for example, single- as opposed to multi-byte characters
in arguments).

<dt><i>LC_MESSAGES</i><dd>
Determine the locale that should be used to affect
the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error.

<dt><i>NLSPATH</i><dd>
Determine the location of message catalogues
for the processing of
<i>LC_MESSAGES .
</i>
<dt><i>PATH</i><dd>Determine the location of
<i>name</i>,
as described in
the <b>XBD</b> specification, <a href="../xbd/envvar.html"><b>Environment Variables</b>&nbsp;</a> .

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2418">&nbsp;</a>ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2419">&nbsp;</a>STDOUT</h4><blockquote>
The standard output of
<i>type</i>
contains information about
each operand in an unspecified format.
The information
provided typically identifies the operand as a shell built-in,
function, alias or keyword, and where applicable, may
display the operand's pathname.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2420">&nbsp;</a>STDERR</h4><blockquote>
Used only for diagnostic messages.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2421">&nbsp;</a>OUTPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2422">&nbsp;</a>EXTENDED DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2423">&nbsp;</a>EXIT STATUS</h4><blockquote>
The following exit values are returned:
<dl compact>

<dt>0<dd>Successful completion.

<dt>&gt;0<dd>An error occurred.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2424">&nbsp;</a>CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2425">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
Since
<i>type</i>
must be aware of the contents of
the current shell execution environment (such as the lists of
commands, functions and built-ins processed by
<i><a href="hash.html">hash</a></i>),
it is always provided as a shell regular built-in.
If it is called in a separate utility execution environment,
such as one of the following:
<pre>
<code>
nohup type writer
find . -type f | xargs type
</code>
</pre>
it might not produce accurate results.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2426">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2427">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2428">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="command.html">command</a></i>.
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